THE Killers, The Cure and Stormzy will headline the Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival, it has been announced. The event, which takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton, between June 26 and 30, has unveiled the first line-up poster ahead
THORNTON Dale C of E School, Pickering, showed it has the noisiest children when they took joint first place in a shouting competition. They made a total shout of 128.3 decibels and together with pupils from Riverside Primary School, Tadcaster,
A REVISED York Central planning application looks set to get the go-ahead - after being recommended for approval by council officers. The controversial scheme would see the development of up to 2,500 homes and 86,600 square metres of office space
THE BOSS of First York called for more effort to persuade travellers and commuters to abandon their cars for buses - as Sir Vince Cable backed plans to improve York's air. Managing director Marc Bichtemann was showing the Lib Dem party leader electric
Jill Dawson tells MAXINE GORDON why she based her new novel on the Lord Lucan case ahead of her visit to the York Literature Festival THEORIES abound over what happened to Lord Lucan after the murder of his nanny and violent assault on his wife
HALIFAX boss Richard Marshall has urged the Shay faithful to turn up in number and get behind his team at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. Both Fax and hosts York City Knights have four wins so far this term, with York sitting higher in the table in third
CHEAP and low quality eggs could flood the UK market as a result of Brexit, a North Yorkshire free-range egg producer is warning. Adrian Potter, of James Potters Eggs of Thirsk, is concerned that the Government doesn't plan to include tariffs on
YORK City boss Steve Watson believes his team’s postponed National League North clash at FC United of Manchester should have gone ahead. The Broadhurst Park playing surface passed two inspections at 10.15am and 1pm, but referee Amy Fearn deemed
CALLING all cheese lovers. Sainsbury's has announced it will be selling a so-called ‘Cheester egg’, made entirely out of cheddar cheese. The product is not simply an egg-shaped block of cheese, however. The cheddar – which is sourced from
RESIDENTS will have the chance to give their views on how to police the movement of people to and from York Races this year at a meeting on Wednesday. Micklegate councillor Jonny Crawshaw, the police officer in charge of the operation and representatives
York remains on an amber flood warning with forecasts that the River Ouse will start to rise again on Saturday night. Although the level of the river was expected to fall throughout Saturday, the Environment Agency is predicting that levels will
Staff sickness has closed Haxby library today, but it should be open again as normal on Monday. The library posted a message on its website this morning directing readers and would-be borrowers to the library at New Earswick Folk Hall. The
THE 2019 version of Suzuki’s lovable Jimny has many features that would have been alien to even the outgoing version. It’s been around since 1970, but only now is it on some sort of footing with other compact four-wheel drive vehicles that have
YORK City Knights will welcome Halifax to Bootham Crescent tomorrow with boss James Ford saying the togetherness in the visitors' camp is something his own club is looking to emulate. Halifax have been one of the country's leading part-time clubs
ONCE upon a time, opening a pub was the fall-back option for retired footballers seeking a career outside of the game. Nowadays, you’re more likely to see ex-professionals making a living from pushing the virtues of nutritional products. Whatever
REUBEN YOUNG netted a hat-trick as Wigginton Grasshoppers racked up an 8-0 victory over Bramham in division one of the Fastpack York Sunday Morning Football League. Grasshoppers gained their second league win over Bramham in three weeks at Mill
The Day of the Accident by Nuala Ellwood (Penguin paperback, £7.99) Nuala Ellwood, who lives and works in York, is in crime writer mode with her latest book, an edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that will have everyone talking. Imagine
A BRAND new care home is being built on the old Handley Page RAF repair site in York. LNT Construction have been working with Ideal Care homes to create a 66-bed home on Green Lane in Clifton. The new building, which is scheduled to open at
The Mansion House Location of plaque: The Mansion House, St Helen's Square IF you've walked past the Mansion House in the last few days, you may have noticed that a pristine new blue plaque has replaced the rather tatty older once which was once
Review: Victoria, Northern Ballet/National Ballet of Canada, Leeds Grand Theatre, today at 2.30pm and 7.30pm; Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, March 19 to 23. Box office: Leeds, 0844 848 2700; Sheffield, 0114 249 6000 AFTER Dame Judi Dench’s post-Albert
THE head teacher of a York primary school has departed, less than two years after being appointed. Hempland Primary Academy head Zoe Lightfoot said in a letter to parents that she had with some reluctance decided to ‘seek future opportunities outside
LIBERAL Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable paid a visit to James House in York to see new temporary accommodation apartments ahead of his party's spring conference this weekend. In a £12 million programme, financed by City of York Council and Homes
A YORK-based accountancy firm is offering a free round table event for local businesses worried about Brexit. Garbutt & Elliott will be hosting the initiative at its recently renovated offices at Monk’s Cross Drive, Huntington. The Brexit
A FARM based near York is set to open a new restaurant in the city centre and invited The Press for a first look around inside. The team from Warrendale Farm near Pocklington are preparing to open the doors to the Wagyu Bar and Grill next weekend
A MAN who pushed his pregnant partner down stairs and kicked her in the stomach has been jailed. John James McAndrew, 44, had previously said he would “cut the baby out of her”, said Rob Galley, prosecuting. With a knife in his hand, McAndrew
BUSKERS are seeing their performances “hijacked” by large groups and are becoming a magnet for anti-social behaviour in the city centre. A council meeting also heard that some businesses have complained about the noise created by street performers
WITH the longer days approaching I will start to include some longer walks. This walk from near Hawes is a fine crossing of two ‘Dales 30’ mountains and enters some rough moorland terrain. Some will already have climbed Great Shunner Fell but adding
